Anne Burrell

Anne W. Burrell (born August 25, 1949) is an American television chef and host. Burrell was also an instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education. Burrell hosts Secrets of a Restaurant Chef on the Food Network. Anne Burrell, with her trademark spiky blond tresses and her edgy personality on Food Network's Secrets of a Restaurant Cook series, provides straightforward and simple techniques for home cooks. Chef Burrell has worked in New York at top restaurants as well as studied Italian cuisine tradition and its landscape. She also competed as Iron Chef America on Food Network. When she was a kid in Upstate New York Chef Burrell was inspired by food. Following her graduation with an English and Communications degree at Canisius College in Buffalo NY she pursued her passion for the restaurant business by enrolling in The Culinary Institute of America. The Culinary Institute of America is where I spent my most memorable time in my life. It was difficult to master how to do, or even work hard enough. When I graduated at the Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners chef Burrell spent an entire year in Italy studying and working at La Taverna del Lupo restaurant located in Umbria and La Bottega del 30 one Michelin star in Tuscany. In Italy the chef acquired an appreciation for and appreciation for Italian culinary traditions. This had an enormous effect on the way she thinks about food. Burrell is a well-known ambassador of the Juvenile Diabetic Research Foundation. She was a part of the Garden of Dreams Foundation Advisory Board which assists children with obstacles. In her capacity as a speaker, Burrell makes trips across the country to speak about her passion for food as well as her career in the culinary field. Through her culinary adventures, Anne often says that she feels very fortunate to share what I love most in life with others.